Item - 2024.PB21.3

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (August 14, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (August 14, 2024) from the City Solicitor and Confidential Appendix "A", if adopted by City Council.

3.  City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (August 14, 2024) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Erin Smith, Senior Heritage Planner, Heritage Planning Urban Design, City Planning gave a presentation on 80-86 Lynn Williams Street - Alteration of a Property Designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and  Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement - Request for Directions. 

On October 18, 2023, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted for a development at 70-86 Lynn Williams Street to permit a 43-storey mixed-use building containing 588 rental units, demolishing the north half of the heritage building located on the 80-86 Lynn Williams Street portion of the site, and retaining the south half fronting onto Lynn Williams Street.  On April 17, 2024, City Council refused the Zoning By-law Amendment application and the applicant appealed City Council's decision on the application to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT).

On July 26, 2024, the applicant submitted an application under Section 33 and Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the alteration to and demolition of heritage attributes to the property at 80-86 Lynn Williams Street.

For reasons set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, this matter is urgent.